Handle attachment for dust-pans.



N. W. TUMBLINSON.

HANDLE ATTACHMENT FOR DUST FANS.-

APPLICATlON FILED mm. 15. INT.

1,257,552. Patented m 26,1918.

NORMAN W. TUMBLINSQN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HANDLE ATTACHMENT FOB nusT-reiv's.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 1918- Application filed March 15, 1917. Serial No. 154,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN W. TUMnL N- son, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Iinprovements in Handle Attachments for Dust-Pans, of which the followlng 1s a specification.

This invention relates to a handle attachment for dust-pans.

The ordinary dust-pan for recelv ng floorsweepings and dust, usually has a short handle which, when the pan is being used on a floor, requires a person to stoop over or squat; this posture is uncomfortable and 111- convenient.

The object of thepresent invention is to provide for the ordinary short-handle dustpan, a relatively long-handle which has selfacting means for attachment to the dust-pan and enables acommon dust-pan to be used 1 while a person is in a standing position.

This improved long-handle attachment for dust-pans, does not grip the usual shorthandle with which the pans are provided, 7 that engages the back-. wall of the dust-pan.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1, is a side view of a dust-pan having an ordinary short handle, and shows the lfing-handle of this invention attached to t e an.

F1g. 2, shows the back-wall of a dust-pan with the improved long handle attached thereto.

Fig. 3, in this view the parts on a little larger scale, are shown on a vertical broken line 3 -3 of Fig. 2. 1

Fig. 4, is a perspective view on a larger scale than in Figs. 1 and 2, and shows the long handle and the wire-clip that engages the handle with the dust-pan.

Referring now to the drawing the numeral, 5, designates the body-part of an ordinary dust-pan of a type that is well known; 6, is the usual short handle of such dust-pans and projects rearward from the back-wal1,'7, which latter has a stiff topedge, 8.

The improved long handle device comprises a straight rod, 9, which, at one end, carries the wire-clip. The handle rod may consist of metal, wood or other-material.

The shank, 10, of the wire-clip consists, in the present instance, of two ends of a wire which converge to a point like a V, and the two ends enter the end ofsaid handle rod and are made fast therein.

The wire clip also has a central loop of inverted U formation, designated, 11 which stands upright and the open end of the U faces downwardly and straddles the short handle, 6, of the dust-pan, and when applied to the dust pan this upright part has position adjacent to the back-wall, 7, of the pan, see Fig. 2. The clip has two doubleback bends, 12, one at each side of the cen tral loop and each of which is inclined forwardly and downwardly, in a direction away from the shank, 10, and points into the dustpan. Said bends, 12, take over and engage the top rear edge, 8, of the back-wall, 7, of

the dust-pan as in Figs. 1 and 2, and the two together serve as the upper side of the wire clipdevice. Immediately below each doubled-back bend, 12, is a reverse doubledback bend, 13, that points upwardly and backwardly. and its shape conjointly with the double-back bend, 12, produces an open slot, 14, that receives the top edge, 8, of the dust-pan wall, 7.

From each reversedoubled-back bend, 13, a bar, 15, extends downwardly; each of these wire bars, 15, then extend forward at a right-angle and thereby form two horizontal parallel loops, 16, that are spaced apart and which are connected by the central inverted loop 11. 1

When looking at the back-wall 7, as in Fig. 2, the inverted U wire device is seen straddling the short handle, 6; and at each SIdB of the handle one of the down bars, 15, is also seen. It willbe understood the two horizontal loops, 16, both take position at the lower side of the pan bottom and said loops serve as the lower side of the cli devlce. The wire parts areslightly yie ding or springy.

By holding the dust-pan firmly in one hand, a person with his other hand grasping the aforesaid wire arts, may cause the same to yield enough to e slipped on the wall of the pan, or detached therefrom. N 0 screws or nuts are used.

From the foregoing description and an lnspectlon of the drawing, it will be understood that the two ends of a wire are suitably attached to the handle-rod, and the portion of the wire intermediate of said two ends forms a top-engaging or rim-engaging device and a bottom-supporting device which T-(Mflel of in; patent ine unmen m 011 be, be take hold of the dust-ban, 5n (1 it securely. .Having describedm claim and .desireto secure y invention; What I ee e w d comprising" a-wi're having'twe ends which mergeinto a handle and the intermediate m portions of said Wire being bent to formtwo I spaced apart "parallelyloops which are connected by an intermediate loop,-f--tthe"inter-" mediate loop extending ina, dlrection'at an angle with respect to the two loops it connectsend the Wire at a point between each bent to form inclined slots to receive the fear rim edge of a dust-pan.

y In testimony whereof I aflix my v in the presence of two Witnesses.

signature CHAS.

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